Tightly Unwound

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{{Infobox album

| name = Tightly Unwound

| type = studio

| artist = The Pineapple Thief

| cover = Tpt-tightly-unwound.jpg

| alt =

| released = 19 May 2008

| recorded = 2007–2008

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Progressive rock

| length = 59:30

| label = Kscope

| producer =

| prev_title = What We Have Sown

| prev_year = 2007

| next_title = Someone Here Is Missing

| next_year = 2010

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1387844|first=Jonathan|last=Widran|title=Review of Tightly Unwound|accessdate=23 September 2016}}

| rev2 = Blogcritics

| rev2score = (favourable){{cite web|url=http://blogcritics.org/music-review-the-pineapple-thief-tightly/ |title=Music Review: The Pineapple Thief – Tightly Unwound |first=Jeff |last=Perkins |date=13 September 2008 |accessdate=23 September 2016|publisher=Blogcritics|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161029054746/http://blogcritics.org:80/music-review-the-pineapple-thief-tightly|archive-date=2016-10-29|url-status=dead}}

| rev3 = Classic Rock

| rev3score = {{rating|7|10}}{{cite web|url=http://www.kscopemusic.com/2008/05/30/the-pineapple-thief-reviewed-in-classic-rock/ |title=The Pineapple Thief reviewed in Classic Rock |publisher=Kscope |accessdate=23 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180116023853/http://www.kscopemusic.com:80/2008/05/30/the-pineapple-thief-reviewed-in-classic-rock|archive-date=2018-01-16|url-status=dead}}

}}

Tightly Unwound (2008) is the seventh studio album by The Pineapple Thief, and their first album released by Kscope.{{Cite web |title=Kscope {{!}} The Pineapple Thief – Tightly Unwound |url=http://www.kscopemusic.com/2008/02/18/9/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815204922/http://www.kscopemusic.com/2008/02/18/9/ |archive-date=2016-08-15 |access-date=2016-06-23}} All previous Pineapple Thief releases were published by Cyclops Records. Kscope dedicated a microsite to the album before its release, containing a preview of the album in audio streaming, a picture gallery, desktop wallpapers and audio samples as a source for remixes.

Those who were signed to the mailing list could get the acoustic version of "Shoot First" as a free-download track. On 28 July 2008 the band released Shoot First as a download EP.

A video for the song, filmed by the acclaimed director Lasse Hoile (famous for his works with Porcupine Tree, Opeth, Dream Theater and Blackfield), premiered on the Tightly Unwound mini-site on 31 July 2008.{{Cite web |date=2008-10-05 |title=Kscope » Blog Archive » Anathema & The Pineapple Thief digital releases |url=http://www.kscopemusic.com:80/?p=89 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081005145652/http://www.kscopemusic.com:80/?p=89 |archive-date=2008-10-05 |access-date=2023-05-03 |website=kscopemusic.com}}

Two tracks, "And So Say All of You" and "The Sorry State", were originally written for the band's first and second Fruit and Veg Selection podcasts, respectively.